Deployment Notes for Sodars at the Stevens Institute of Technology during the March 2005 Urban Dispersion Program Field Campaign (MSG05) Page: 4 of 23
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Abstract
This report documents the deployment of two sodars at the Stevens Institute of Technology (SIT) in
Hoboken, New Jersey, during the March 2005 Madison Square Garden Urban Dispersion Field Campaign
(MSG05) conducted in the Madison Square Garden vicinity in Midtown Manhattan. These sodars were
deployed to quantify inflow conditions for the campaign. One sodar was a Scintec MFAS sodar that was
operated on a dock along the Hudson River. This sodar was only operated during the two intensive
observation periods (IOPs) that took place during MSG05. The other sodar was an AeroVironment (AV)
Model 3000 miniSodar that was located on top of the Howe Center at SIT. This sodar was operated
continuously, but there were quality issues associated with data from the lowest three and highest seven to
ten range gates. Data collected by the AV miniSodar during IOPs were reprocessed to recover some data,
so that only data from the three lowest and seven highest range gates were removed from the specific IOP
data files. Measurements from both sodars were compared to measurements made using a propeller and
vane anemometer that was also located on top of the Howe Center. The agreement between the sodars is
generally good, and we recommend using either the AV miniSodar data or the Scintec data during the two
IOPs, bearing in mind that there are some differences in the measured wind direction above 150 m mean
sea level. This report also describes the quality control methods applied to data from each sodar and the
structure and content of the data files available.iii
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Berg, Larry K. & Allwine, K Jerry. Deployment Notes for Sodars at the Stevens Institute of Technology during the March 2005 Urban Dispersion Program Field Campaign (MSG05), report, August 1, 2006; Richland, Washington. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc897725/m1/4/: accessed May 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.